balance, but he just goes with it, lets himself fall into Evan, makes Evan
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catch him and balance him, and if Evan didn't want Dan to take the opportunity for a quick ass-grope, then Evan shouldn't have started it. Evan isn't complaining, though, and he pulls Dan in tight, and Chris glances back at them and shakes his head before opening the door and heading for the kitchen.
Evan keeps one hand around Dan's lower back, drawing them closer together, and the other hand goes up to find its familiar grip in Dan's hair. Evan moves Dan's head to the angle he likes and kisses him gently, their lips smiling together. Dan lifts his hands to skim under Evan's shirt and touch the warm skin of his waist, and Evan's kiss gets a little deeper, more demanding. Dan can hear the door open again, but he doesn't care, just opens his mouth and lets Evan's tongue find his own.
"Okay, I know it's a bit hypocritical, but the food's hot, and it won't be great reheated." Jeff sounds amused.
But he knows how to get Evan's attention. Dan leans after Evan's retreating mouth, but he doesn't really push too hard, and he smiles as he feels Evan's stomach churn under his fingers. "I have no idea how you can be hungry already."
Evan laughs. "Always hungry. It's part of my charm."
Dan shakes his head and hooks a playful finger in Evan's waistband. "It's pretty damn far down the list of 'charms', as far as I'm concerned." He rubs the back of his finger against Evan's soft skin, just in case there was any confusion.
"J'aurai toujours faim de toi," Evan says seriously, but he grins when Dan frowns at him. "What, you don't think French is sexy?"
"For all I know, you just said I have a booger hanging out of my
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nose. So, no, not too sexy." Dan's frown deepens. "Since when do you speak French?"
"Since first grade, pretty much." Evan glances over at Jeff as if he knows he's about to get busted. "But that was cheating a little. It's a song title, too."
Dan nods thoughtfully. "'You Have a Booger Hanging out of Your Nose' probably wouldn't be a real popular song, huh?"
"Well, if it had a good beat…." Evan smiles and edges past Dan and then Jeff, proceeding into the house. Apparently he's not going to offer to translate for Dan, and Dan'll be damned if he asks. So, one more mystery. If Jeff had said it, Dan would have asked him what it meant. But then, if Jeff had said it, he would have told Dan without being asked.
Jeff waits for Dan to move, and then follows him into the house. Jeff does this a lot, herds Dan, and he can't decide whether to be irritated or amused. Or comforted, because it is kind of nice to be able to reach a hand back and know that Jeff will be there to take it.
They get to the kitchen and grab their plates, and then they all end up sitting at the kitchen table, because it was getting a bit chilly outside and they're all too lazy to hunt down jackets. There's a bit of a fuss when Chris says he has to stop drinking so that he'll be able to drive home later, and Evan argues that he's too far gone already, unless he's planning to stay until pretty damn late, so he should just drink up and take a cab, and then there's a bit of a pause in the conversation while everyone eats. And drinks, so Dan figures Chris is cabbing it. Or maybe staying in the guest room, but Dan kind of hopes not; If Chris ends up staying, maybe Dan will take a cab home, get a good night's sleep for a change. Store up energy for the next opportunity.
The pasta and vegetables are delicious, and Dan's eating pretty
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intently, his earlier plan to not bother with food for a week quickly forgotten, so he's not sure whether Evan deliberately waits until Dan has a mouthful or if it's just accidental when Evan smiles brightly and says, "So, Dan, how did you know you were gay?"
It's not so much invasive as just… strange. Dan chews carefully and washes his food down with a swallow of beer, but he still
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catch him and balance him, and if Evan didn't want Dan to take the opportunity for a quick ass-grope, then Evan shouldn't have started it. Evan isn't complaining, though, and he pulls Dan in tight, and Chris glances back at them and shakes his head before opening the door and heading for the kitchen.
Evan keeps one hand around Dan's lower back, drawing them closer together, and the other hand goes up to find its familiar grip in Dan's hair. Evan moves Dan's head to the angle he likes and kisses him gently, their lips smiling together. Dan lifts his hands to skim under Evan's shirt and touch the warm skin of his waist, and Evan's kiss gets a little deeper, more demanding. Dan can hear the door open again, but he doesn't care, just opens his mouth and lets Evan's tongue find his own.
"Okay, I know it's a bit hypocritical, but the food's hot, and it won't be great reheated." Jeff sounds amused.
But he knows how to get Evan's attention. Dan leans after Evan's retreating mouth, but he doesn't really push too hard, and he smiles as he feels Evan's stomach churn under his fingers. "I have no idea how you can be hungry already."
Evan laughs. "Always hungry. It's part of my charm."
Dan shakes his head and hooks a playful finger in Evan's waistband. "It's pretty damn far down the list of 'charms', as far as I'm concerned." He rubs the back of his finger against Evan's soft skin, just in case there was any confusion.
"J'aurai toujours faim de toi," Evan says seriously, but he grins when Dan frowns at him. "What, you don't think French is sexy?"
"For all I know, you just said I have a booger hanging out of my
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nose. So, no, not too sexy." Dan's frown deepens. "Since when do you speak French?"
"Since first grade, pretty much." Evan glances over at Jeff as if he knows he's about to get busted. "But that was cheating a little. It's a song title, too."
Dan nods thoughtfully. "'You Have a Booger Hanging out of Your Nose' probably wouldn't be a real popular song, huh?"
"Well, if it had a good beat…." Evan smiles and edges past Dan and then Jeff, proceeding into the house. Apparently he's not going to offer to translate for Dan, and Dan'll be damned if he asks. So, one more mystery. If Jeff had said it, Dan would have asked him what it meant. But then, if Jeff had said it, he would have told Dan without being asked.
Jeff waits for Dan to move, and then follows him into the house. Jeff does this a lot, herds Dan, and he can't decide whether to be irritated or amused. Or comforted, because it is kind of nice to be able to reach a hand back and know that Jeff will be there to take it.
They get to the kitchen and grab their plates, and then they all end up sitting at the kitchen table, because it was getting a bit chilly outside and they're all too lazy to hunt down jackets. There's a bit of a fuss when Chris says he has to stop drinking so that he'll be able to drive home later, and Evan argues that he's too far gone already, unless he's planning to stay until pretty damn late, so he should just drink up and take a cab, and then there's a bit of a pause in the conversation while everyone eats. And drinks, so Dan figures Chris is cabbing it. Or maybe staying in the guest room, but Dan kind of hopes not; If Chris ends up staying, maybe Dan will take a cab home, get a good night's sleep for a change. Store up energy for the next opportunity.
The pasta and vegetables are delicious, and Dan's eating pretty
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intently, his earlier plan to not bother with food for a week quickly forgotten, so he's not sure whether Evan deliberately waits until Dan has a mouthful or if it's just accidental when Evan smiles brightly and says, "So, Dan, how did you know you were gay?"
It's not so much invasive as just… strange. Dan chews carefully and washes his food down with a swallow of beer, but he still
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